Apple Inc.

Eva Hohei Mok

Arvind S Shenoy

Payam Mirrashidi

Andrew M Wadycki

Catherine Anne Edwards

Christopher Laurence Bell

John Andrew McCulloh

Natalia Hernandez-Gardiol

Chelina Vargas

Alexander F Braunstein

Renée Ross

Jayesh Krishnan

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating an internet radio media station based on metadata available on the user's media library. The media station can be generated in response to a subscription request to an internet radio service. In one example, the media station is generated without a user seed. Metadata related to the user's media library is analyzed and format rules are selected and configured according to the analysis. The format rules are associated with slots in a media station that define the playback sequence of the media station.

Personalized media stations

A user can input a search query. By assessing terms in the search query, the search query can be categorized (e.g., as a navigational, functional or browse query). The categorization can depend on an analysis of terms in the search query, a preliminary search, and/or empirical data tied to previous and similar searches. For example, searches estimated to be directed to finding a specific app can be categorized as navigational, based on capitalized letters, quotation marks, a short number of words in the query, and a tight distribution of apps typically downloaded subsequent to viewing results from the search. Based on the categorization, a search strategy can be identified. Search strategies can differentially weight and/or use text-based strategies.

Application search query classifier

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Eva Hohei Mok